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Words starting with L

Words that start with L

Loud leopards leap from limb to limb in Louisiana.

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Leather is a substance made from tanned animal skins, usually cow skins. The tanning process makes skin stronger, harder and means it will last a lot longer. Leather is used to make shoes, belts, bags, saddles and other horse related gear, some furniture and many other things.

Lis forLeave

To leave is to go away. The man in the picture is leaving on a plane.
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The plural of leaf is leaves.

Lis forLed

Led is the past tense of lead. The man in the picture has led the camel along.
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A ledge is similar to a shelf, being fairly narrow and horizontal. Ledges are generally built into a building, either for decoration or for practical reasons, like a windowledge.
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Scientific name: phylum: annelida, subclass: hirudinea
Leeches are in the same family as earthworms. Not all leeches are bloodsuckers, but the ones people are most familiar with are. They grow to around 2-5cm long but some species reach 30cm. Leeches live in damp, swampy areas. Leeches have adapted one end of them into a sucker, so they can attach to a host. They inject anaesthetic in as they bite, so the host cannot feel them, and then an anti-clotting agent so the host's blood flows freely. Leeches stay stuck to their host until they are full, then they drop off.

Lis forLeek

Scientific name: allium ampeloprasum var. porrum
Leeks are members of the onion family. They grow a tight bundle of leaves above the ground rather than a round bulb like an onion. Leeks are used mainly in soups and stews. They have a much milder flavour than onions do.
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Lis forLeft

Left is a direction. The child in the picture is pointing left. The opposite direction to left is right.
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You have two legs, one on each side. You use them to stand on, and to run and jump. Your feet are at the ends of each of your legs.
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Lis forLego

Lego is a system of building blocks that come all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors. Lego can be used to make almost anything. While it is a children's toy, many adults enjoy playing with it too, or making full-size sculptures out of it.